Celebrating Women in Science
A salute to the leadership, passion and discoveries of pioneering Rita Allen Foundation Scholars…
Archive: Rita Allen Scholars
Lloyd Trotman: Transforming Views of Prostate Cancer
Lloyd Trotman found his calling as an experimental scientist during a “very intense” organic chemistry course as an undergraduate at the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Lloyd Trotman (Photo: Constance Brukin/CSHL) “You had to do this combination of good hands-on execution of techniques and…
Sebastian Klinge Captures New View of Cell’s Protein-Making Machinery
A new study by Sebastian Klinge (2014 RAF Scholar) elucidates the assembly of the ribosome, the protein-making machine of the cell.
Announcing the 2018 Rita Allen Foundation Award in Pain Scholars
Tenth class of early-career pain researchers to investigate key regulators of pain signaling, inform new therapeutic strategies The Rita Allen Foundation has named Helen Lai of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Candice Paulsen of Yale University as 2018 Award in Pain Scholars, recognizing emerging leaders in…
Rita Allen Foundation Scholars Reveal Biological Forces That Underlie Responses to Change
Several Rita Allen Foundation Scholars have explored the genetic and cellular mechanisms that enable living things to adapt and survive in the face of an ever-changing environment. With support from the Foundation, these pioneering researchers have developed new ways to study the complex dynamics of DNA, track the activity of…
Elena Gracheva Finds That Hibernating Rodents Feel Less Cold
Elena Gracheva (2013 RAF Scholar) and colleagues have discovered a neural basis for hibernating rodents’ reduced cold sensitivity.
Susan Dymecki Joins Rita Allen Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee
Susan Dymecki, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, has been named to the Rita Allen Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee. The Committee consists of leading scientists and clinicians from outstanding research institutions. Drawing on their collective experiences in medical discovery and development, members of the Committee…
Monica Dus Launches “How to Science” Podcast
Monica Dus (2016 RAF Scholar) hosts a new podcast about what makes scientists tick.
Tae Hoon Kim: Searching for the Genome’s Switches and Dials
Tae Hoon Kim began his training in bioinformatics before the term even entered common usage. As a college intern in the early 1990s at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, he learned state-of-the-art computational methods for analyzing DNA sequences. His work contributed to a new understanding…
Foundation Scholars Earn NIH Awards for High-Risk, High-Reward Research
Three Rita Allen Foundation Scholars have received awards from the National Institutes of Health for their proposals “to use highly innovative approaches to tackle major challenges in biomedical research.” Jeffrey Macklis (a 1991 Scholar, as well as a member of the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Committee) and…